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Five-year B.A. in Women's Studies/M.A.
in Public Policy with a Concentration in Women's Studies Degree
Five-year B.A./M.A. Degree in Women's Studies
Five-year B.A. in Women's Studies/M.A.
in Public Policy with a Concentration in Women's Studies Degree
This degree program is designed to help
highly qualified and motivated students with an interest in Women’s Studies complete both an M.A. and a B.A. in a five-year
period. Separately, these two degree programs would take a
full-time student six years to complete.
Admissions
Students may apply when they have
accumulated 60 credits at GW. Students interested in the five-year degree are
encouraged to consult with Women’s Studies advisors as soon as possible, but no
later than the first semester of the
junior year. Eligible students take the GRE in their junior year, and
apply either at the end of their junior year or early in the senior year for
formal admission to the M.A. in Women’s
Studies. Students are recommended for admission to the M.A. on the same
basis as other applicants for the graduate degree program. The
final say on admissions rests with the CSAS graduate dean, following existing
policies.
Advising
As noted above, interested students are
encouraged to begin consulting with a faculty advisor and planning their
curriculum as early as possible. It will be possible for a student who
waits as late as her or his junior year to express interest to complete the
necessary course work.
Graduation
Students receive their B.A. in Women’s Studies after four years and are admitted to the M.A.
program with 12 credits, leaving another 24 hours to complete the M.A.
degree. The normal full-time M.A. student carries a 9 hour load per
semester. Thus a student will be able to complete the M.A. degree with one
year of full-time study beyond the B.A. degree.
Specific Degree Requirements
B.A. in Women’s Studies: Students are required to complete the normal requirements for
the B.A. in Women’s Studies.
The one exception is that students have the option of substituting one
200-level graduate seminar in Women’s Studies (an elective or a required course
for the M.A.) for the Senior
Capstone Seminar (WSTU 199) or undergraduate independent research ordinarily
required for the B.A. In addition to 12 hours of required courses, the
B.A. in Women’s Studies requires 18 hours of electives selected from an approved list of courses in
Women’s
Studies and other departments.
For the five-year degree, the student completes the electives by taking
courses that count as electives for the major as well as requirements (WSTU
220, 240) or electives for the M.A.
M.A. in Public Policy with a
Concentration in Women’s Studies: Students are required to complete the normal
requirements for the M.A. degree. The only difference with the
five-year degree program is that students will complete the first four
courses for the M.A. degree in their senior year by double counting (for the
B.A. and M.A.) 12 hours of course work. As it would be difficult to fit
in all the requirements for the five-year program with an M.A. thesis,
the courses are listed here assume the non-thesis option. The M.A.
requires the following Women’s Studies courses: WSTU 220 (or equivalent), WSTU 221, WSTU 240, and either WSTU
283 (6 hours) or WSTU 183 plus WSTU 295. The MA requires the following
policy core courses: ECON 217, PPOL 203, PSC 229 and an approved
statistical methods course. The M.A. also requires 9 hours of approved
electives.
Electives: The following are
examples of electives for the M.A. in Public Policy with a Concentration in
Women’s Studies that would also count as electives for
the undergraduate major in Women’s Studies:
WSTU 241: Women and Law
WSTU 230: Global Feminism
WSTU 265: Women, Welfare and Poverty
WSTU 270: (selected topics) Women and
Healthcare Policy
HIST 273: Readings on
Women in American History
PHIL/WSTU 238: Feminist Ethics and Policy
Applications
PSC 288: Gender and Ethnicity (Selected
Topics in Comparative Politics)
SOC 244: Families and Kinship
SOC 271: Gender and Society
ANTH/WSTU 257: Gender and Sexuality
Sample Curriculum
The attached table schematically lays out
all of the specific course requirements for both degrees and when a student
would take each course.
Sample Five-year
WSTU/PPOL BA/MA Program (non-thesis option)*
|
Course
|
Year
|
Semester
|
B.A. or M.A.
|
|
WSTU
001 Women in Western Civ
|
1 or
2
|
Fall
|
Prerequisite
|
|
WSTU
120
Intro to WSTU
|
2 or
3
|
Fall
|
BA
Requirement
|
|
WSTU
125 Varieties of Feminist Theory
|
2 or
3
|
Spring
|
BA
Requirement
|
|
Multicultural
Diversity (WSTU 121 or alternative)
|
2 or
3
|
Spring
|
BA
Requirement
|
|
100-level
elective WSTU
|
1,2
|
Fall
or Spring
|
BA
Elective
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
Senior
seminar or 200 level elective
|
4
|
Fall
or Spring
|
BA
Requirement
MA Elective
|
|
WSTU
183 Practicum in WSTU
|
4
|
Spring
|
BA
Elective
MA Requirement
|
|
200
level elective in WSTU
|
4
|
Fall
or Spring
|
BA
Elective
MA Elective
|
|
WSTU
220 Fundamentals of Feminist Theory
|
4
|
Fall
|
BA
Elective
MA Requirement
|
|
WSTU
240 Women and Public Policy
|
4
|
Spring
|
BA
Elective
MA Requirement
|
|
ECON
217** or equiv. or Microeconomics
|
4 or
5
|
Fall
or Spring
|
BA
Elective
MA Requirement
|
|
WSTU
221 Research Issues in WSTU
|
5
|
Fall
|
MA
Requirement
|
|
Approved
Statistical Methods Course
|
5
|
Fall
|
MA
Requirement
|
|
PSCI
203
Policy Analysis
|
5
|
Fall
|
MA
Requirement
|
|
WSTU
295 Independent Research
|
5
|
Spring
|
MA
Requirement
|
|
PSCI
229 Politics and Public Policy
|
5
|
Spring
|
MA
Requirement
|
|
200-level
Elective
|
4 or
5
|
Spring
|
MA
Requirement
|
*For a 30-credit B.A. in Women's Studies and a 36-credit
M.A. in Public Policy with a Concentration in Women's Studies
**A Student who has had
ECON 101 would take ECON 221 instead of ECON 217.
Five-year B.A./M.A. Degree in Women's
Studies
This degree program is designed to help
highly qualified and motivated students with an interest in Women’s Studies complete both an M.A. and a B.A. in a
five-year period. Separately, these two degree programs would
take a full-time student six years to complete.
Admissions
Students may apply when they have
accumulated 60 credits at GW. Students interested in the five-year degree are
encouraged to consult with Women’s Studies advisors as soon as possible, but no
later than the first semester of the
junior year. Eligible students take the GRE in their junior year, and
apply either at the end of their junior year or early in the senior year for
formal admission to the M.A. in Women’s
Studies. Students are recommended for admission to the M.A. on the same
basis as other applicants for the graduate degree program. The
final say on admissions rests with the CSAS graduate dean, following existing
policies.
Advising
As noted above, interested students are
encouraged to begin consulting with a faculty advisor and planning their
curriculum as early as possible. It will be possible for a student who
waits as late as her or his junior year to express interest to complete the
necessary course work.
Graduation
Students receive their B.A. in Women’s Studies after four years and are admitted to the M.A.
program with 12 credits, leaving another 24 hours to complete the M.A.
degree. The normal full-time M.A. student carries a 9 hour load per
semester. Thus a student will be able to complete the M.A. degree with one
year of full-time study beyond the B.A. degree.
Specific Degree Requirements
B.A. in Women’s Studies: Students are required to complete the normal requirements for
the B.A. in Women’s Studies.
The one exception is that students have the option of substituting one
200-level graduate seminar in Women’s Studies (an elective or a required course
for the M.A.) for the Senior
Capstone Seminar (WSTU 199) or undergraduate independent research ordinarily
required for the B.A. In addition to 12 hours of required courses, the
B.A. in Women’s Studies requires 18 hours of electives selected from an approved list of courses in
Women’s
Studies and other departments.
For the five-year degree, the student completes the electives by taking
courses that count as electives for the major as well as requirements (WSTU
220, 225, or equivalent) or electives for the M.A.
M.A. in Women’s Studies: Students are required to complete the normal
requirements for the MA degree. The only difference with the
five-year degree program is that students complete the first four courses for
the M.A. degree in their senior year by double counting (for the B.A. and
M.A.) 12 hours of course work. The courses listed in the first chart
below are for the non-thesis option; the second chart shows the sequence of
courses for the thesis option. The M.A. requires the following Women’s Studies courses:
WSTU 220 (or equivalent), WSTU
221, WSTU 225 (or equivalent), and either WSTU 283 (6 hours) or WSTU 183 plus
WSTU 295, or WSTU 299-300 for the six credit thesis option. The MA
requires a four course (12 hours) concentration in a liberal arts discipline
or topical focus. The M.A. also requires 9 hours of approved electives.
Electives: The following are
examples of electives for the M.A. in Women’s Studies that would also count as
electives for the undergraduate
major in Women’s Studies:
WSTU 241: Women and Law
WSTU 230: Global Feminism
WSTU 265: Women, Welfare and Poverty
WSTU 270: (selected topics) Women and
Healthcare Policy
HIST 273: Readings on
Women in American History
PHIL/WSTU 238: Feminist Ethics and Policy
Applications
PSC 288: Gender and Ethnicity (Selected
Topics in Comparative Politics)
SOC 244: Families and Kinship
SOC 271: Gender and Society
ANTH/WSTU 257: Gender and Sexuality
Sample Curriculum
The attached table schematically lays out
all of the specific course requirements for both degrees.
Examples of Five-year for B.A. and M.A.
in WSTU (Non-thesis Option)
|
Course
|
Year
|
Semester
|
B.A. or M.A.
|
|
WSTU
001 Women in Western Civ.
|
1 or
2
|
Fall
|
Prerequisite
|
|
WSTU
120 Intro to WSTU
|
2 or
3
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Requirement
|
|
WSTU
125 Varieties of Feminist Theory
|
2 or
3
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Requirement
|
|
Multi-cultural
diversity course (WSTU 121 or alternative)
|
2 or
3
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Requirement
|
|
100-level
elective in WSTU
|
1, 2
|
Fall
or Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
WSTU
220 Fundamentals of Feminist Theory
|
4
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Requirement
|
|
200-level
elective in WSTU
|
4
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Elective
|
|
200-level
elective in WSTU
|
4
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Elective
|
|
WSTU
225 (or equiv.) Contemporary Feminist Theory
|
4
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Requirement
|
|
WSTU
183 Practicum in WSTU
|
4
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Requirement
|
|
1st
M.A. Field Course, 200 level *
|
4 or
5
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Elective
|
|
WSTU
221 Research Issues in WSTU
|
5
|
Fall
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
2nd
M.A. Field Course 200 level *
|
5
|
Fall
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
3rd
M.A. Field Course, 200 level*
|
5
|
Fall
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
4th
M.A. Field Course, 200 level*
|
5
|
Spring
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
200-level
elective in WSTU
|
4 or
5
|
Spring
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
WSTU
295 Independent Research
|
5
|
Spring
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
*Examples of M.A. field courses with
different concentrations:
A. Disciplinary concentration
in English
1. ENG 204
Literary Criticism & Theory
2. ENG 241 Conceptualizing Genders
3. ENG/WSTU 251 Women & Writing
4. ENG 247 Postcolonialism
B. Disciplinary concentration in
Sociology
1. SOC 271 Gender
& Society
2. SOC 244 Soc. of Families &
Kinship
3. SOC 232 Qualitive Methodology
4. SOC 245 Race Relations
C. Topical Focus on Women &
Development
1. WSTU 230 Global
Feminisms
2. SOC 252 Soc. of Development
3. ANTH 220 Anth. of Development
4. GEO 223 Population & Food
Balance
D. Topical Focus on Gender &
Race/ethnicity
1. ENG 240 Writing
Race & Nation
2. ENG 244 Ethnicity & the
Construction of Identity
3. SOC 245 Race Relations
4. HIST/WSTU 185 Black Women in
America
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Course
|
Year
|
Semester
|
B.A. or M.A.
|
|
WSTU
001 Women in Western Civ.
|
1 or
2
|
Fall
|
Prerequisite
|
|
WSTU
120 Intro to WSTU
|
2 or
3
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Requirement
|
|
WSTU
125 Varieties of Feminist Theory
|
2 or
3
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Requirement
|
|
Multicultural
diversity course (WSTU 121 or alternative)
|
2 or
3
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Requirement
|
|
100
level elective in WSTU
|
1,2
|
Fall
or Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
|
|
|
3
|
|
B.A.
Elective
|
|
WSTU
220 Fundamentals of Feminist Theory
|
4
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Requirement
|
|
200
level elective in WSTU
|
4
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Elective
|
|
200
level elective in WSTU
|
4
|
Fall
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Elective
|
|
WSTU
225 (or equiv.) Contemporary Feminist Theory
|
4
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Requirement
|
|
1st
M.A. Field Course, 200 level
|
4
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Requirement
|
|
200
level elective in WSTU
|
4
|
Spring
|
B.A.
Elective
M.A. Elective
|
|
WSTU
221 Research Issues in WSTU
|
5
|
Fall
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
2nd
M.A. Field Course, 200 level
|
5
|
Fall
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
3rd
M.A. Field Course, 200 level
|
5
|
Fall
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
4th
M.A. Field Course, 200 level
|
5
|
Spring
|
M.A.
Requirement
|
|
WSTU
299-300 M.A. Thesis 6 credits
|
5
|
Spring
|
M.A.
Requirement
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